Tammy Vitali, Workers Compensation Program Manager

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1 CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY RISK MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY 1750 Creekside Oaks Drive, Suite 200 Sacramento, CA (916) (800) Fax (916) Northern Region Angels Camp Atwater Ceres Escalon Gustine Hughson Lathrop Livingston Newman Oakdale Patterson Ripon Riverbank Sonora Sutter Creek Tracy Turlock Waterford Central Region Chowchilla Clovis Dinuba Dos Palos Firebaugh Fowler Huron Kerman Kingsburg Los Banos Madera Mendota Merced Orange Cove Parlier Reedley San Joaquin Sanger Selma DATE: December 20, 2018 TO: FROM: SUBJECT: Member Cities Tammy Vitali, Workers Compensation Program Manager Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau Pure Premium Rates for 2019 Enclosed for your information is a schedule of the Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB) Pure Premium Rates for In comparing rates from 2018 to 2019, you will find there was an average decrease of 20% in the codes based on the Insurance Commissioner s approval. This information is provided because many of the member cities utilize this information to budget workers compensation costs by department. If you have any questions, please contact me at (800) , ext Attachment Southern Region Arvin Avenal Corcoran Delano Exeter Farmersville Lemoore Lindsay Maricopa McFarland Porterville Shafter Taft Tehachapi Tulare Wasco Woodlake

2 Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau Pure Premium Rates MUNICIPAL, STATE, OR PUBLIC AGENCIES Ambulance Services: All operations including technicians and attendants and maintenance of vehicle and equipment. This classification applies to the operation of ambulances for the emergency transport of ill or injured people. It also applies to non-emergency transport of persons who require medical supervision while in transit, such as the transport of individuals from hospitals to nursing home. Airport Operators: All employees including field or hanger instructors. This classification applies to all operations of airports, including but not limited to tower communications, facility or grounds maintenance, aircraft fueling or repair, airport parking, and airport security $4.00 $ % 7429 $3.83 $ % Ticket sellers or information clerks shall be separately classified as 8810, Clerical Office Employees. Bus or Limousine Operations: All employees. This classification applies to transportation services provided to passengers on a scheduled route or charter basis using vehicles that include but are not limited to buses, vans, and limousines. This classification also applies to paratransit services for elderly or disabled individuals who do not require medical supervision while in transit $8.80 $ % Transportation services provided with medical supervision shall be classified as 7332, Ambulance Services. Cemetery Operation: All employees. This classification applies to the operation and maintenance of cemeteries or mausoleums. This classification also applies to the operation and maintenance of pet cemeteries $7.20 $ %

3 Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau Pure Premium Rates Page 2 Clerical Office Employees: Not otherwise classified. Use the closest description to the job you are trying to classify. Firefighters: Not volunteers including all employees of Fire Department. Firefighters: Volunteers, serving with or without remuneration. Housing Authorities: All employees including resident or on-site managers $0.35 $ % 7706 $6.07 $ % 7707 $ (per capita per person) $ (per capita per person) -21% When lodging is provided by the employer, the total remuneration shall include the market value of such lodging to the employee. This classification applies to public agencies that provide housing or housing assistance to individuals in need. The housing authority may own and operate the housing or provide financial assistance in the form of housing vouchers, which allow clients to reside in approved housing operated by other concerns. This classification includes but is not limited to resident or on-site property managers and property maintenance or repair staff. On-site property managers are those employees whose base of operations is at any property location that they are employed to manage. The term resident shall refer to any employee who resides at a property managed by the employer $5.14 $ % The preparation or serving of hot foods shall be separately classified as 9079(1), Restaurants or Taverns. Employees engaged exclusively in determining the eligibility of properties owned and operated by separate parties for rental subsidies shall be classified as 8742, Salespersons Outside. New construction, alteration or demolition work shall be separately classified.

4 Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau Pure Premium Rates Page 3 Institutional Employees: Hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, residential care facilities for adults or residential care facilities for the aged all employees including Clerical Office Employees and Outside Salespersons not jail or prison employees. of In determining the premium charge for student nurses or interns, such premium shall be computed on the basis of an average wage of at least $100 per week. This classification applies to the operation of hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, residential care facilities for adults and residential care facilities for the elderly by public agencies. This classification includes all operations, including but not limited to patient and resident care, meal preparation and dining facility operation, laundry, facility and grounds maintenance, and housekeeping $1.76 $ % The provision of medical or nursing care to residents of correctional facilities shall be classified as 7720, Police, Sheriffs, Marshals, Animal Control Officers, Fish and Wildlife Officers and Correctional Officers including deputies not volunteers, or 7722, Police, Sheriffs, Marshals, Animal Control Officers, Fish and Wildlife Officers and Correctional Officers volunteers, serving with or without remuneration. Irrigation, Drainage, or Reclamation Works Operation: All work incidental to maintenance and operation of irrigation, drainage, or reclamation districts. This classification applies to the operation of irrigation, drainage, or canal systems for the purpose of providing water to agricultural customers. This classification includes all operations involved in the operation or maintenance of systems, including but not limited to maintenance and repair of pumping stations; repair or replacement of water lines; removal of weeds or debris from channels; repair of canals, channels or levees; and rodent or mosquito control $5.36 $ % Construction operations, including alterations or additions to existing irrigation or drainage systems, pile driving; dredging, tunneling, and dam or sewer construction shall be separately classified.

5 Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau Pure Premium Rates Page 4 Libraries: This classification applies to librarians, professional library assistants, and clerical office employees who engage in activities, including but not limited to conducting research, ordering books and publications, maintaining reference systems, assisting customers to locate and check out materials, and performing general clerical and administrative functions in support of the library $0.35 $ % Employees other than librarians, professional assistants, and clerical office employees, including but not limited to janitorial, maintenance, delivery, and security personnel, shall be classified as 9420, Municipal, State or Other Public Agency Employees all other employees. Municipal, State, or Public Agency Employees: Employees not engaged in manual labor, or direct supervision of construction or erection work Not otherwise classified. This classification includes mayors, city council members, elected officials, judges, hearing officers, district attorneys, courthouse clerks and public records clerks, employees engaged in laboratory work, health inspectors, building inspectors, engineers not engaged in actual construction or operation, meter readers other than water meter readers and similar occupations $1.88 $ % This classification also includes recreation and park department operations that are performed by recreation leaders, coaches, instructors, referees, and officials; daycare/babysitting; activity supervisors; and similar operations that do not involve manual labor.

6 Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau Pure Premium Rates Page 5 All Other Municipal, State, or Public Agency Employees: Not otherwise classified including laborers, mechanics, and storekeepers. This classification includes park and facility maintenance, landscape, snack bar and vending operations, lifeguards, security, and similar activities in support of the facility does not apply to park security operations when performed by fish and game wardens or by park rangers. Such operations shall be classified as 7720, Police, Sheriffs Marshals, Animal Control Officers, Fish and Wildlife Officers and Correctional Officers including deputies not volunteers, or 7722, Police, Sheriffs, Marshals, Animal Control Officers, Fish and Wildlife Officers and Correctional Officers volunteers, serving with or without remuneration. Police, Sheriffs, Marshals, Animal Control Officers, Fish and Wildlife Officers, and Correctional Officers: Including deputies not volunteers $7.48 $ % This classification applies to law enforcement officers, including but not limited to police officers, sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, court bailiffs, marshals, animal control officers, fish and wildlife officers and correctional officers. This classification also applies to all employees of publicly or privately operated correctional facilities. This classification also applies to medical care personnel, including but not limited to registered nurses, licensed vocational nurses, pharmacists and psychiatric technicians who provide care to residents of correctional facilities on a contract basis $3.28 $ % Dog catchers, veterinarians and animal care or kennel employees (not animal control officers) who are employed by public agencies shall be classified as 9420, Municipal, State or Other Public Agency Employees all other employees.

7 Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau Pure Premium Rates Page 6 Police, Sheriffs, Marshals, Animal Control Officers, Fish and Wildlife Officers, and Correctional Officers: volunteers, serving with or without remuneration. This classification applies to law enforcement volunteers, serving with or without remuneration. The exposure for this classification shall be on a per capita basis $ (per capita per person) $ (per capita per person) -24% Also refer to 7720, Police, Sheriffs, Marshals, Animal Control Officers, Fish and Wildlife Officers and Correctional Officers including deputies not volunteers. Public Colleges or Schools: All employees including cafeteria, clerical office employees, and Outside Salespersons. This classification applies to all operations of public colleges or schools, including but not limited to instruction, dormitories, cafeterias, book stores, transportation services, counseling, building and landscape maintenance, janitorial, libraries, athletic programs, parking, security, administration, clerical office employees, and outside salespersons. This classification includes day care, preschools and before or after school programs operated by public colleges or schools $1.21 $ % This classification also applies to the operation of charter schools. This classification also applies to state or county vocational schools or training programs and to school counselors who are provided to public schools by separate concerns under contract. Restaurants or Taverns: all employees including musicians and entertainers. This classification applies to the preparation and serving of hot or cold food items for consumption on or away from the premises or the preparation, pouring and serving of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises $3.93 $ %

8 Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau Pure Premium Rates Page 7 Restaurants or Taverns: all employees including musicians and entertainers. This classification applies to the preparation and serving of hot or cold food items for consumption on or away from the premises or the preparation, pouring and serving of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises. Road Districts or Departments: All operations including shop, yard employees. This classification applies to paving or repaving of public streets or roads by public agencies. This classification includes the storage of equipment or supplies and maintenance of equipment at a yard or shop location $3.93 $ % 9422 $2.46 $ % Tunneling, subway construction, grade separation work, bridge construction, or pile driving shall be separately classified. Salespersons Outside 8742 $0.45 $ % Sanitary or Sanitation Districts Operation: All employees. This classification applies to all work incidentals to the maintenance and operation of sewer systems or sewage treatment plants. This classification also applies to the operation of sewage or wastewater treatment facilities under contract. Water Companies: Operation all employees including construction or extension of lines. This classification applies to the operations of publicly or privately operated water companies that supply potable water to communities. This classification includes but is not limited to the construction, maintenance, repair of water mains and lateral lines, the treatment of water, the operation and maintenance of pumping stations, and the installation or repair of water meters $3.57 $ % 7520 $3.16 $ % The construction of aqueducts, buildings, dams or reservoirs shall be separately classified. Employees engaged exclusively in meter reading activities (or in combination with clerical office activities) shall be classified as 8742, Salespersons Outside.